Give Students Choice Unless you are specifically studying a text, I would not tell a student to read a book that you think they should read. A student who is not invested in reading will no suddenly care about a book that you recommend. To truly get students involved in reading, they need to read … Continue reading How To Inspire a Love Of Reading
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Reflecting On My Teaching Philosophy: Acquiring a Vision for the Classroom
Earlier this week, I was looking over an early draft of my teaching philosophy that I wrote at university. It was my first semester and I had this idealistic view of what my classroom would look like. Here is a snippet, that I found to be nostalgic: As an education student there is a particular … Continue reading Reflecting On My Teaching Philosophy: Acquiring a Vision for the Classroom
Teaching…Beliefs, Values, Attitudes, Behaviour
Beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviour are terms that are quite tricky to teach. However once I found this diagram, the concepts became less abstract and much clearer to conceptualise and form into a story. Students need to hear a story as a way of understanding big ideas. Below, I have outlined how I explain the … Continue reading Teaching…Beliefs, Values, Attitudes, Behaviour
Teaching…Essay Structure
The Situation Students need to learn the essay structure.Students need to write an essay. The Solution Below I have outlined an essay structure. This section does not explain how to teach essay writing, but demonstrate a template that you might like to use along with identify minor nuances with implementing the document (For example, what … Continue reading Teaching…Essay Structure
Ranking Ladders
The Situation You need your students to rank and categorise information. The Solution A ranking ladder placemat will allow students to practice a number of skills Rank information. Discuss their ideas with peersCategorise the information into multiple categorise. Check out the below information for a rank ladders about the impact of misinformation. Students place the … Continue reading Ranking Ladders
The English Classroom 